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Page 247
... felt for the first time like a man , master of creation , warrior , lover , the greatest lover in the world . Only towards daybreak , in the strange timeless peace of complete relaxation , did they talk . And it was as if he talked for ...
... felt for the first time like a man , master of creation , warrior , lover , the greatest lover in the world . Only towards daybreak , in the strange timeless peace of complete relaxation , did they talk . And it was as if he talked for ...
Page 402
... felt no fear . Instead of being beset by the panic that he remembered so clearly from his journey through the Atjeh jungle , he became more and more composed and clear- headed . He had left something behind in Post Mamawi , something ...
... felt no fear . Instead of being beset by the panic that he remembered so clearly from his journey through the Atjeh jungle , he became more and more composed and clear- headed . He had left something behind in Post Mamawi , something ...
Page 417
... felt closer to them than he had ever felt to anyone ; for , with everyone else , he had always remained I , Brits - Jansen ; whereas with those silent Madurese and that whimpering pygmy in the railway carriage of Mamawi he suddenly ...
... felt closer to them than he had ever felt to anyone ; for , with everyone else , he had always remained I , Brits - Jansen ; whereas with those silent Madurese and that whimpering pygmy in the railway carriage of Mamawi he suddenly ...
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Annema answered arrived asked Atjeh Banjermasin Batavia beer Bert Bert's Betsy Bevers body bottle boy's Breszezinska-Jansen Brits-Jansen Burubi Captain coolies cried darkness djongos doctor door drink Dutch East Indies eyes face fear feeling fell felt Flabbinga forest Frolick Ganwitz girl hair hand head heard Holland Homo Heidelbergensis hour Jansen Javanese jungle kiss knew Kramer Labuan lamp lepers leprosy letter listening looked Madurese Mamawi mandur Manokwari morning mosquito mouth native never night once opened panting Papuans parang Piet Kramer prahu pulled Rattan realized round rustling Salvarsan Salvation Army Salvationist screamed seemed shoulders silence sleep slowly smell smile smoke sound staring started Stegomyia stood suddenly Sultan talk Teddy thing thought took totok tried tuan turned underneath voice waiting wanted Waterreus whispered wilderness Willem witch doctor Witzenburg